Iron Pillar
VC Fund
Mumbai, India
Iron Pillar is a venture growth investor focused on mid stage technology investments in India. They back proven and innovative companies in the Consumer Tech and Enterprise Tech sectors, post a Series A round of venture capital funding. Headquartered in Mumbai, with a presence in Mauritius, Palo Alto, Shanghai and Singapore, the 6-member IronPillar founding team brings 100+ years of combined experience and directly relevant and complementary skill sets in venture investing, M&A/investment banking, operations and technology.They actively partner with technology entrepreneurs and early stage investors to support companies by leveraging Their experience and networks in India, the U.S. and China/Asia.
- Total investments:
- 43
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 49%
- Fund size:
- $129M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries Iron Pillar invests in
Stages Iron Pillar invests in
Countries Iron Pillar invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Round size
- Series B
- $5M–$70M
- Series C
- $2.2M–$51M
- Series D
- $22M–$140M
Investment Focus
Industry
- E-Commerce 5 (12%)
- SaaS 4 (9%)
- Software 4 (9%)
- Artificial Intelligence 4 (9%)
- Machine Learning 3 (7%)
Stage
- Series B 10 (23%)
- Series C 8 (19%)
- Series D 5 (12%)
- Series A 3 (7%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 3 (7%)
Country
- India 14 (33%)
- United States 6 (14%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abhijit Gupta
Entrepreneur In Residence
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Entrepreneur In Residence | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Anand Prasanna
Managing Partner
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Managing Partner | Total investments: 11 | Find email | |
Ashok Ananthakrishnan
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
Devavrat Jatia
Vice President
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Vice President | Total investments: 5 | Find email | |
Mohanjit Jolly
Partner
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Partner | Total investments: 16 | Find email | |
| See all 8 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chakr Innovation is a material science startup that develops cleantech products for diesel generators that reduce emissions. Its devices use advanced retrofit emission control technology and IoT-enabled monitoring systems to convert diesel pollution into cleaner air and make energy production sustainable and environmentally friendly. It also allowsindustries to focus on material science technology specifically geared toward air quality enhancement. | $23M / Series C / Sep 22, 2025 | ||
| Flipspaces is a Virtual- Reality-Tech-based design and contracting venture that aims at disrupting the way consumers design and execute the interiors of their spaces. At the core of the venture is a path-breaking technology product which gamifies the interior- designing experience for the consumer putting the control of interior-design in the handsof the consumer. Combined with our contracting arm which consists of our own product manufacturing capabilities and curated vendors network, we come in as end-to-end design to execution partner for companies looking to build their office, builders looking to differentiate their residential or commercial projects or players in the managed working space market. | $50M / Series C / Sep 08, 2025 | ||
| ToneTag is an integrated library (sdk) that allows easy, frictionless, and secure proximity payments using sound (Tone) or NFC (Tag).Depending upon user device and retail pos hardware, mobile application can toggle to initiate in-store purchases using sound or NFC.It works on any mobile device and no internet is required on user device at timeof initiating payment. | $78M / Series B / Feb 11, 2025 | ||
| Curefoods democratizes access to food on a sustainable basis. They focus on operations management for cloud kitchens and the online food ordering market. | $40M / Series D / Dec 18, 2024 | ||
| To build modern, seamless, consumer-friendly services that your practice can deliver without the added administrative hassles, Fold Health combines existing investments in people and resources.Fold is here to help you expand and enhance your healthcare business virtually. Through the coordination of the people, technology, and events that drivecare campaigns, the company's platform assists you in designing, providing, and carrying them out.Fold Health was established in November, 2021 in San Francisco, California. | $6M / Seed / Jul 12, 2023 | ||
| Pando offers AI agents for logistics, enabling manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to automate their logistics operations to build agility, control freight spend, and reduce carbon footprint. Trusted by Fortune 500 enterprises with global customers across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific regions, Pando is pioneering the future ofautonomous logistics with cutting-edge AI capabilities.In today's complex supply chain landscape, logistics leaders are caught between rising costs, service demands, and operational complexities. Logistics teams are weighed down by hundreds of manual & cumbersome tactical decisions with very little time to focus on strategic priorities. They are always under pressure to 'do more with less' with the inability to drive operational agility given the unpredictability and disruptions across the global supply chain landscape.Pando's AI agents enable manufacturers, distributors, and retailers to replace manual, error-prone logistics tasks with intelligent automation to unlock unprecedented efficiency and cost savings by replacing the need for hiring additional staff or deploying more software. Pando redefines both logistics and talent strategies, accelerating the shift toward a world where Human Ingenuity and Artificial Intelligence work together to drive complex business processes. Pando’s AI agents act as extended team members, enabling logistics teams to delegate important yet repetitive decisions to these agents, who execute them with unmatched accuracy. Pando supercharges global logistics teams with its cutting-edge AI capabilities, enabling them to focus on strategic priorities and create a competitive edge.Pando is recognized by Gartner for its transportation management capabilities, by the World Economic Forum (WEF) as a Technology Pioneer, by G2 as a Market Leader in Freight Management, and named one of the fastest-growing technology companies by Deloitte. For more information, visit www.pando.ai. | $30M / Series B / May 03, 2023 | ||
| Curefoods democratizes access to food on a sustainable basis. They focus on operations management for cloud kitchens and the online food ordering market. | Debt Financing / Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Curefoods democratizes access to food on a sustainable basis. They focus on operations management for cloud kitchens and the online food ordering market. | $36.7M / Series D / Apr 06, 2023 | ||
| Freshtohome is an online grocery store that sells a range of seafood and meat to its users.The website’s range of products include fish, poultry, mutton, steaks, and fillet. Fish consists of shell, freshwater, and marine. Furthermore, it enables suppliers to supply their seafood and meat to the website.Freshtohome was launched in 2015 by ShanKadavil and is based in Bangalore. | $104M / Series D / Feb 09, 2023 | ||
| Ushur is a cloud-based automation platform that automates service workflows in both the backend process and conversational interfaces.The company develops intelligent automation solutions that include, Ushur Virtual Customer Assistant, smart technology that automates proactive member, claimant, agent, or broker communications across virtually anychannel, reaching out to customers, understanding what they need, and automatically taking the next steps; Ushur SmartMail, a software that allows insurers to process high-volumes of the customer, agent and broker email automatically, allowing carriers to respond faster and efficiently; Ushur Flowbuilder, the web-based no-code builder allows claims, broker services, and customer support teams to build, deploy and track rich digital engagements that improve business agility and the customer experience while minimizing the burden on IT. By leveraging the company's Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Language Intelligence Service Architecture (LISA), insurance companies can accelerating capital and time-intensive processes like claims, customer support, billing, and enrollment to digitally transform service workflows. | $50M / Series C / Feb 07, 2023 | ||
| See all 43 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Iron Pillar invest in?
Iron Pillar invests primarily in E-Commerce, SaaS and Software startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 43 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in India. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Iron Pillar's check size?
Iron Pillar typically joins rounds of $5M–$70M at Series B, $2.2M–$51M at Series C and $22M–$140M at Series D. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Iron Pillar participates in.
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Who are the partners at Iron Pillar?
The team at Iron Pillar includes Abhijit Gupta (Entrepreneur In Residence), Anand Prasanna (Managing Partner) and Ashok Ananthakrishnan (Partner), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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